esearchers have found a way to convert carbon dioxide into a usable energy source. Produced by the burning of fossil fuels in power plants and car engines, carbon dioxide continues to accumulate in the atmosphere, warming the planet. But trees ...

arden grass could become a source of cheap and clean renewable energy, scientists have claimed. A team of UK researchers, including experts from Cardiff University’s Cardiff Catalysis Institute, have shown that significant amounts of hydrogen can be unlocked from fescue ...

n archaeological dig is under way on what experts say is a rare undisturbed Bronze Age burial mound in Lancashire. Digging got under way this week at the site near Morecambe Bay, which was found by metal detectors, and is ...

he dogs have been trained for sniffing out wildlife products such as tiger and leopard bones and skins, elephant ivory and bear bile, and also will be able to detect other wildlife contraband in the reserves. Adding teeth to the ...

he Exciting Science Group, a volunteer group of scientists from National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, based at Venture Center, recently organised a three-day workshop on ‘Assessing Environmental Change using Satellite ...

EW DELHI: India will have to phase out mercury within six to 10 years as the country has signed a global treaty – Minamata Convention – which makes it mandatory for the signatories to ban the use of the deadly ...